this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
31 points (97.0% liked)

Games

32917 readers
1472 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

How am I supposed to earn them if I don't even know what they expect me to do for them? Why do these exist? I haven't even encountered a game (not even a Fromsoft game, and those guys are notorious for being vague and not forthcoming with info even for guide books) where the hidden achievements were not already listed by a 3rd party somewhere outside of the game day 1, so why not just show them in the damn game?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] Razgriz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this is a step in the right direction.

However, what if it's a secret boss? Should the hidden trophy say "defeat the secret adversary"?

I'd rather stumble upon these things completely blind so I don't know how they can give the trophy a meaningful unhidden label without spoiling something.

Stuff like this is another reason why I believe trophies are useless, outside of a miniscule dopamine dose from hearing that jingle upon beating a hard challenge, and knowing what % of players beat a certain story boss and seeing that % go down the further you progress in a game and start feeling like some badass...

Nah I think we'd be better without 'em.

[โ€“] PillowTalk420 2 points 1 year ago

You can be vague enough that it doesn't even tell you it's a secret boss. Or make it part of a larger achievement like "defeat all bosses."